Learning to Grow Our Own

brassica area

Today we did a little bit of Lasagne Gardening well okay not truly lasagne gardening but a similar idea. True lasagne gardening by the way is simply a no-dig method that uses green compost and brown compost alternated providing an excellent mulch. We’re using the same idea to keep weeds atRead More →

Today was a quieter day at the allotment – we were sat in a cloud. This is a hazard of being on the side of a hill near the North Atlantic, we can often see sunshine out to sea but when the warm air is pushed up to the SouthRead More →

Today I planted out our Turnip seedlings, they are a variety called Petrowski a yellow turnip from Poland. We purchased these from The Read Seed Catalogue, I was especially keen to choose a variety which was a bit different from the supermarket varieties. We’ve planted a huge numberRead More →

We recently acquired 24/B to join onto 24/A, this has given us some more space and a shed. The plot was pretty wild but as the photos show it has progressed. The top 2 beds have got Cauliflowers, Kale and Calabrese in already the next 2 are being mulched andRead More →